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l ILetters .Patent No. 73,362, date-d January 14, 1868.

' I MPRVEMBNT 1N APPARATUS Pon SINGEING. GOTTON oLoTH.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONOERN:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH A. MILLER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Singeing Cotton Cloth and other Webs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specificatien, and in which- Figure 1 represents a plan of a singeing-apparatus constructed according to my improvement,

Figure 2 a longitudinal section thereof, and

.Figure 3 a transverse section of the'same.

'Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding. parts.

In manufacturing cotton goods, it is lusual to singe them prior to bleaching, for removal of the downy fibre A which'protrudes or projects' from their surface.

My invention consists in combining with a rotary heating-cylinder or cylinders a reector, to prevent lossv of heat by radiation; likewise in the use of a damper for regulating the heat inor tothe singeing-surface.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the fireplace of the apparatus, B the ash`-pit,'and C the escape-pipe or chamber, with an outlet, a. Connecting the fireplace A and escape-chamber C, is a flue or singein'gfsurface, D, of more or less cylindrical character, and hung loose or free, preferably on rollers b, so as to be capable of turning or having a curvilinear motion given to it, and which may be produced by a crank, c, operating a pawl, d, made to bite onror gearing with a ratchetnvhcel, e, attached to the cylinder or ue D, that may be held from Working backwards by a spring,f. i

By this arrangement it will be seen that not, only may the web be swept over the singeing-surface with increased facility and dispatch, but that a uniformity of heat is secured vover the topand sides of said surface, where the-'cloth is brought in contact with it, and by the continual or frequent motion of the cylindrical singei'ng-- surface or Hue D, the same may be made comparatively thin or light, and. of uniform thickness, no part remainying permanently uppermost, which construction, it 'will be obvious, largely economizes the consumption of fuel. By duplicating these ues, that is, using two, arranged side by side, the cloth may be singed' on both sides at. once, bypassing it under one of such ues or singeing-surfaces and over the other, which will be found very advantageous in sngeng printed-goods and delaines.

In using the terms rotary, or rotating, or curvilinearly moving to the singeing-surface D, made more or less of a cylindrical character, whether the same' forin a ue or not, of course is meant or included either a continuous or intermittent motion in one direction, or oscillating movement, so that the surface exposed to abstraction of heat by the cloth is being constantly or frequently varied.

'Io prevent loss of heat by radiation fromtheue D, it is furnished underneath with a reflector, E, which further contributes to economy in'working. Said apparatus is also shown as provided with a movable plug or other damper, F, to the singeing-flue, at its rear end, whereby the temperature' of said ue may be directly com trolled to suit different descriptions of work, or otherwise to modify the heat of the flue according to circumstances. i

What is here claimed, and desired to he secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. In combination with a rotating singeing-body or surface, the reflector E, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a damper, F, with a rotating singeing-body or surface, essentially as specified.

' JOSEPH A. MILLER.

Witnesses:

J. W. Cocinas, AA La CLERC. 

